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I do it full time and it is worth it. Like others have said the biggest obstacle is getting through the slow times. Not every week is the same amount of profit or inventory coming in. It's been hard...

OMG i love Cracker Barrel had that for lunch today delicious!

Now I'm hungry ....

cut the wire and then sell the power supply "box" as i call it to buyers on here

See I don't mind Sundays so much. My company is 7 days a week pick ups or drop offs unless I am out of town. But I do think it was over the top of her to ask for a better price from you. She should...

I've seen many times at my local scrap yard where people just throw the computers whole into the big pile of tin where you toss it all after you get weighed. Whenever I see that I just want to cry....

Great find! i hope you have good luck selling or whatever you decide to do with it

Well, this post is going to be me rambling a bit. So I hope you all don't mind!

First thing, you know you go to the scrap yard too often when you pull up to the scale they know your name, your...

glad your feeling was right :) great score. Sometimes I get that feeling, although I am not always correct.

that's awesome. Glad you made a connection

Scott you bring up a very good point. I didn't look at it that way.

nice load :)

I wanna guess but I already know the answer since I'm married to you and was standing next to you when you weighed it :-P

Yea I was shocked it was from a woman too because normally I have more problems with men than women. Rochester is good hoping the snow stays away.

So I had a woman call me about doing a pick up today. Apparently, she called over the weekend and talked to my husband.

Well she is telling me what she has and I told her, "excellent what time is...

well my wife is out of town attending a family thing. I just using her account. She was able to get me one pic so i could tease you guys with it till she returns.

big telcom board we pulled from...

Found quite a few good items.

Found a projector that uses tubes, a reel to reel recorder that also uses tubes. A bunch of TV's some printers, and a large mix of random parts and wire.

Got a...

Thanks :) Yeah I have done a lot of large pickups since I started in August, however, this one was just exciting because there was so much random stuff everywhere. I didn't know what to expect. (and...

The pick up is done. I will post pictures when I can figure out how to lol. A lot of random electronics (some of which are really cool and old and I look forward to messing with and taking apart,...

I do Crossfit. It is excellent way to build up strength. Although of course scrapping is a lot of lifting as well.

I was curious how many people on here are actually a registered business with a tax ID number and everything?

ReUSeIt, my company for computer recycling is my full time job and main source of income (other than my husband's income of course). I was originally a teacher but got laid off a while back and...

female, 29

I use excel, as well as, Quickbooks. Our business also has an accountant who helps us file our taxes and keep track of profit vs. taxes we need to pay.

Well I am very excited. This woman called me a few weeks ago to come check out "a couple things" she had in her house. I was figuring okay maybe a tower or two. Or some monitors or old electronics. ...